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European Farmers would riot in the streets !!

European farmers would riot in the streets if Brussels imposes trade barriers with the UK.

Sir Bernard Jenkin claimed that EU farmers and food producers would not allow the European UnIon to put up barriers between Europe and the UK.

Brexiteer Bernard Jenkin said that there would be "rioting on the streets" by EU farmers if they were not easily able to sell their goods to the UK after Brexit, he said during a BBC interview yesterday.

Mr Jenkin, the Conservative MP for Harwich and North Essex told BBC Radio 4 Today: "What will happen to the quarter of Dutch Poultry Farmers who sell their goods to the UK? What will happen to the 1/5 of Spanish Tomatoes sold to the UK?there would certainly be rioting in the streets at this perverse behaviour".

Mr Jenkin added: "Under the EU Withdrawal Act we have imported all of the EU's regulatory standards so every product on sale in the UK market, every product made in the UK market, conforms with EU standards. "We can informally assure the EU that we will continue for as long as it is necessary.
"therefore they do not need to put in religious zealotry checking at the borders of everything leaving the United Kingdom.

The Tory Brexiteeer said warnings over Britain's future if it leaves the EU without a deal were like fears over the millennium bug.

Mr Jenkin said: "The civil service and the government are feeding the industry and the industry is feeding the government with this diet of gloom and alarm and despondency. "Actually, it's unnecessary and we will look back and wonder what all the fuss was about, a bit like the millennium bug.

He said most countries that trade on World Trade Organisation terms have increased their trade with the European Union faster than the UK has over its period of membership.
Mr Jenkin added: "WTO terms is not the great impediment".

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Well, if that doesn't shake up the EU, I don't know what will. If enough of the 27 member states tell them to get their heads out of their backsides and start acting like grown-ups, the sooner we can get an agreement and the EU can get their divorce bill paid.
Enough is surely enough with the EU intransigence.


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07-08-2018, 03:20 PM
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Re: European Farmers would riot in the streets !!

Hi

The EU have already offered such a Free Trade Deal, it was offered in March.

We turned it down.
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Originally Posted by swimfeeders ->
Hi

The EU have already offered such a Free Trade Deal, it was offered in March.

We turned it down.
Why? Too many strings attached still tying us to the EU?
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Originally Posted by swimfeeders ->
Hi

The EU have already offered such a Free Trade Deal, it was offered in March.

We turned it down.
Swimmy it wasn't quite as clear-cut as you are making out..
Oh wouldn't it have been nice if the EU had made that generous offer without stating that in return, they wanted the right to continue plundering our British waters. Or do you think that once again, it's okay for the sake of trade,we throw our Fishermen and their industry under the bus as we previously did? RED LINE.

It must be obvious to everyone that it is in the interests of the unelected EU Commission that Brexit be as unsuccessful as possible to ensure other countries are put off leaving.

If TM has the balls to hold her ground, we will get the free trade that we wish, with our red lines complete, because the other option is WTO rules, which is becoming more attractive to many. We keep our 40m Euro and use it on our own services, trade with the rest of the world, continue to fly over Ireland (otherwise there will be no planes flying over the atlantic thank you) Barnier has already said the EU Unions are preparing to soften their stance regarding the Irish border. One can only hope that the UK negotiating team have finally realised that we hold many of the aces and the EU had better start showing some humility and common sense.
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Why? Too many strings attached still tying us to the EU?
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No, No payments to the EU, out of the Single Market, Customs Union, ECJ, the lot.

Being WTO, no services, a straightforward Canada Deal, the same Japan and South Korea have signed up to.

We wanted more, a Canada plus,plus,plus was how we described it.

The EU said no, you are not getting that.

We went back with Chequers and they said no.

I am not surprised they said no, it was rubbish, it meant the EU letting us collect their Tariffs and VAT for them, a complete none starter.

We would never have agreed to let the EU collect our Tariffs and VAT when we are out.

My view is quite simple, take the offered WTO Free Trade Deal and get on with life outside the EU.
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The EU can get stuffed about fishing rights in our waters, not covered by a Canada style deal and they know it.

It was just posturing, nothing more, we do plenty of posturing ourselves.
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08-08-2018, 10:34 PM
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Re: European Farmers would riot in the streets !!

Assuming that we do walk away, there is nothing to stop farmers selling to us if they want to under WTO rules. I don't think the EU can stop them doing so.

If the EU attempt to put punitive charges in place for exporting, ignore them. It seems that everyone else does!
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09-08-2018, 07:21 AM
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Re: European Farmers would riot in the streets !!

Originally Posted by JBR ->
Assuming that we do walk away, there is nothing to stop farmers selling to us if they want to under WTO rules. I don't think the EU can stop them doing so.

If the EU attempt to put punitive charges in place for exporting, ignore them. It seems that everyone else does!
The EU can only impose the same tariffs it does for every other country it trades with under WTO rules unless it agrees a free trade deal with the UK.

Methinks a free trade deal will be announced before long.

Some people need to hold their nerve
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09-08-2018, 07:35 AM
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Re: European Farmers would riot in the streets !!

Originally Posted by JBR ->
Assuming that we do walk away, there is nothing to stop farmers selling to us if they want to under WTO rules. I don't think the EU can stop them doing so.

If the EU attempt to put punitive charges in place for exporting, ignore them. It seems that everyone else does!
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You simply do not understand WTO Rules.

You need to do some research before posting.

A No Deal means WTO Rules, which means Tariffs.

We can under WTO Rules, unilaterally abolish Tariffs on food imports from all Countries.

They can still apply tariffs to our Exports.

This would decimate our Agriculture and Food Industries.
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But surely if a country starts to apply tarrifs to our exports the government would intervene with reciprocal rules? I don't think that would benefit anyone .
 
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